Jia She's eldest son of the Red Chamber

Although there were occasional invasions by Beirong people in the Northeast, most of them were in the mountains and villages, and the official road was always quite peaceful. Coupled with the magnificent scenery of the native mountains and forests, Jia She and Jia Hu felt a little leisurely Interesting.

Jia She had a bit of literary talent, but because of the incident with the prince, he had to hide his clumsiness, but in the face of the beautiful scenery, Jia She's rare poetic flourishes, he either recited a word casually, or wrote two sentences in a dignified manner , although his poems are not shocking and talented, but the quick response is rare.

Jia Hu was secretly amazed, he really didn't know that the master had this ability, as expected of Jia Min's brother, he still had some literary talents.

As an archaeologist, Jia Hu, although he has never learned these poems in his previous life, he talked about historical anecdotes one by one, many of which even Jia She himself had never heard of. Later, even the two second gentlemen couldn't help listening to Jia Hu's story.

Of course, the one who was most attentive was Jia Hu's book boy—Hua An.

As for why this name was chosen... Ahem, it is naturally Jia Hu's bad taste. Few people know that Jia Hu is a standard star fan.

Hua An asked curiously, "Master Hu, are those bronze utensils in the master's room used to boil human flesh?"

"Not entirely." Jia Hu said with a smile, "Bronze wares are ritual vessels, depending on their shape and structure, their uses are also different. People in the Shang Dynasty loved wine, and bronze pots, bronze jujubes, and bronze statues were mostly used to hold wine. Bronze 鬲, bronze gui, and bronze beans were used to carry food, and bronze tripods and bronze jars were generally used for cooking. Historically, there have been examples of people in the Shang Dynasty using bronze jars to cook human skulls. "

As soon as Hua An heard that the head was boiled, Hua An screamed in fright on the spot, buried his head in the pillow and trembled, but after a while he asked curiously, "Is it really boiled? Could it have fallen in accidentally? "

Master Hu said that people in the Shang Dynasty loved to sacrifice, so maybe the human head fell in accidentally, although...it is quite strange for the human head to fall in.

Jia Hu glanced at Hua An appreciatively. Before the second steamed bronze head was unearthed in history, most archaeologists believed that the head fell in by accident. However, after the second steamed bronze head appeared, No one thinks this way anymore. After all, an accident like a human head falling into a bronze jar cannot happen twice, and besides...

"It's really boiled!" Jia Hu replied as a matter of course, "Human bones after being cooked are different from bones that rot naturally. After being cooked, human bones lose calcium, the bones are brittle, and the fractures are flat. Calcium in naturally decomposed human bones has not been boiled out, so the fracture is irregular, and once the bone is peeled, you can tell whether it has been boiled."

Of course, coupled with modern technology, they not only confirmed that the head in the bronze jar was boiled, but also the age of the person when he died and the place of birth. However, this method is too difficult to explain, Jia Hu I skipped it.Note [-]

Hua An's face turned pale in fright, and he covered his ears, with an expression of wanting to hear but not daring to listen. Even the two second gentlemen couldn't help but glance at each other, and decided to get their heads together after returning to Beijing. Compare and see if it is crisp after cooking.

Although Jia Amnesty didn't say a word, he kept his ears up and listened to his son telling stories to the boy.

On the one hand, Jia She wanted to hear, but on the other hand, he wanted to cover his ears, especially after hearing about the bronze vessel cooking a human head, his face turned pale and his scalp became numb.

The villain in Jia Amnesty yelled, xd, after you finish talking like this, tell me how to face the bronze wares in my study! ?

Jia She calculated silently, and then decided to go back and tidy up the bronze utensils in the room, such as bronze tripods, bronze jars... In short, the bronze utensils used for cooking should be sold as soon as possible.

Hua An asked fearfully, "Boiled people to eat?"

Jia Hu laughed and said, "It's really hard to say whether people in the Shang Dynasty ate or not. After all, although there is evidence that the people in the Shang Dynasty boiled human heads, there is no direct evidence that the people in the Shang Dynasty boiled human heads. Come to eat. Therefore, whether the people of the Shang Dynasty ate people or not, I really can’t make a conclusion on this.”

Unless the bones of Shang Dynasty people who just ate human beings can be dug up, and they must be well preserved like Mrs. Xin Zhui, see if there are any human DNA residues in their stomachs, or there are Shang Dynasty people who just ate human beings. Human feces fossils, to see if there is human myoglobin in it, can determine whether the people of the Shang Dynasty ate people.

Otherwise, would the people of the Shang Dynasty eat people?In the absence of direct evidence, it can only be said that it is not clear.

Hua An was almost dizzy by Jia Hu, and he couldn't help but murmur, "If you don't eat people, why cook people's heads?"

Jia Hu pondered for a long time, "Maybe it's for sacrifices. The style of human sacrifice was most prevalent in the Yin and Shang Dynasties. The so-called death is like life. Even if you die, you will bring a few useful concubines and servants according to the rules. Sacrifice."

As for burying the boiled head... Well, this matter was still a big mystery in history until he left.

Hua An's face turned pale with fright, "Master Hu! Don't kill me! I don't have much meat, and it doesn't taste good!!!"

Jia Hu said darkly, "I won't eat you."

The practice of burial had long since been abolished in the previous dynasty. Even in the royal family of the previous dynasty, there were few people who died, let alone the Jin Dynasty. Besides, he is not a Rong Guogong right now, so he deserves to be buried with someone.

Of course, the most important thing is that he is not dead yet!Sacrifice a ghost.

Only then did Hua An heave a sigh of relief, and ran back cutely to find his mother for food. Although the story Master Hu told was nice, it was so scary!

Young Ru Huaan didn't know how to appreciate Jia Hu's stories, heck, it's history teaching, but the few people who listened with pricked ears couldn't help being curious.

"Ahem." Jia She said curiously, "Brother Hu, this bronze vessel..."

"Ah, don't worry, dad." Jia Hu replied bluntly, "I have seen all the bronze wares in your room, and seven out of ten are fake, and the remaining three are ghost wares, which are buried with you." Used, but there is no trace of use."

The funeral utensils are also so-called funerary utensils, they are only used for burial and have not been cooked, so Jia Amnesty doesn't have to worry about boiled heads inside.

Jia Amnesty breathed a sigh of relief at first, and then couldn't help but change his voice, "Wait! You said [-]% of them are fakes!?"

Jia Amnesty said in shock, "How is this possible? I have checked it, but there is copper rust on it. It can be seen that it is an antique."

Fortunately, he always laughed at the idiot the second child, but he didn't expect him to be even more stupid than the second child!

Jia Hu said with pity, "The real copper rust will rust layer by layer over time, because the environment is different, and the thickness of each layer of rust is different, and because of the copper rust, the weight of the bronze will be lighter. The patina is all deliberately created by burying it in a cesspit, so there is only one layer of rust, which is not the right weight."

Bronze ware is actually the most difficult type of identification in archaeology, especially without the help of later generations of science and technology, it is impossible to identify bronze ware by sight alone without two brushes.

Although the old man has some sharp eyesight, but without understanding the chemical background of the formation of copper rust, he only knows a lot of things, and [-]% of the bronzes in this room are fakes.Relying on this smattering of knowledge to play antiques, it is only because their Rongguo Mansion has strong financial resources that they did not go bankrupt.

The so-called bronze is a kind of alloy. The ratio of this alloy will change with the situation and the times. In the Yin and Shang Dynasties alone, the ratio of this alloy has changed countless times.

The alloy ratio is different, the color is naturally different, and moreover, the bronze will be oxidized and corroded. It is not unearthed unearthed bronzes.Note [-]

Jia Amnesty's face turned pale, "Put in the cesspit!?"

Jia Hu nodded silently with sympathy. In this age without chemicals, using the microorganisms in feces is the fastest way to rust copper.

"Evil~~~" Jia She rushed to the side and vomited.

Thinking of how he was still happily circling around the room holding those bronze wares that he had finally received, Jia Amnesty felt so sick that he vomited.

Jia Hu's story is very interesting. In this era without soundproofing equipment, there are quite a few people who eavesdrop.

Seeing Jia She's vomiting violently, the Northern Army merchants on the side couldn't help laughing and said, "Little brother, your father seems a little timid."

Is it just steaming human heads? What is this? When Bei Rong encounters the cold winter, they even eat raw meat when they are hungry. Of course, what they eat raw is raw meat of cattle and sheep, not human meat. They are not hungry enough yet that level.

Jia Hu smiled, cupped his hands and remained silent.

He didn't know why, but he always felt that this Northern Army merchant was weird, but he couldn't tell what was weird for a while.

The man directly threw the water bag on his waist to Jia Hu and said, "Little brother, give your father some strong wine, just squeeze it and you'll be fine."

Tsk!This little brother is young, and he is no worse than a storyteller when he talks about books. He was horrified by the story just now, and he even drank a few mouthfuls of spirits to suppress it.

"Thank you!" Jia Hu saw that Jia She was really uncomfortable, so he was not polite, and asked someone to give Jia She the spirits. They really brought a lot of things along the way, but they really didn't bring this wine. , not to mention spirits, even the softest sweet-scented osmanthus wine is not served.

Jia Amnesty drank several sips before he felt better. He straightened his clothes, threw the wine bag back to the merchant and said with a smile, "I'm feeling unwell next time, I'm sorry."

"Words there. The story your son told is really scary, no wonder you." It was fine that the merchant didn't speak, but when he spoke, Jia She's face turned dark again, as if he was told by his son's story To frighten the general.

Jia Amnesty yelled in his heart, he was actually disgusted by the cesspit, not because of any cannibalism story, he was the eldest son of the Rongguo Mansion, and what was even more disgusting was that Jiao Da drank horse urine to save Uncle Ningfu I've heard all the stories, so I don't care about this mere cannibalism story.

But... Jia Amnesty looked at the Northern Army merchant with cold eyes, there was something wrong with this group of people.